Determination of Concentration of Food Dyes in Powdered Drink Mixes

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C) food dyes make industrial goods like foods beverages more appealing. These are synthetic typically used instead of natural due to their color, stability, low cost. Research has implied that children sensitive the amount dye in products. The products is proprietary information, so it can be challenging determine how much ingesting. In this study, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis) was utilized find concentration various powdered drink mixes. results show mixes containing Red 40 have higher concentrations than rest Our data supports there a difference between within versus those without it. depend on many were mix.